New Federalist Sept. 6 2001

MACEDONIA VICTORY STRATEGY

DISCUSSED AT SCHILLER INSTITUTE CONFERENCE

 by Umberto Pascali

Sept. 6 (EIRNS)--On Sept. 6 the

Macedonian Parliament agreed, by a vote

of 91 out of a total of 112, to ratify

the drastic changes to its Constitution

demanded by the ``international

community.'' Macedonia's last attempts

to reject the potentially devastating

humiliation had been met with open

threats from that very ``international

community,'' and from NATO. The

secretary general of the Alliance, Lord

George Robertson; the NATO ambassador

in Skopje; the ``mediators'' Francois

Leotard and James Pardew; and all the

other international proconsuls declared

with rage that the only alternative to

signing the breaking of the

Constitution, was ``war.''

          The Macedonians knew that this was

not a symbolic threat. The

narco-terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army

(KLA), now universally seen in Macedonia as an

instrument of the Anglo-American forces

running NATO, made clear that they were

ready for a new terrorist assault.

Northern Macedonia had not only been

``ethnically cleansed'' of its

Macedonian population, but the regular

army had had to retreat,

``spontaneously'' swallowing a NATO

diktat, and declaring the area where

the narco-terrorists have their

stronghold as a no-fly zone.

          The President of the Parliament,

Stojan Andov, had requested guarantees

that the narco-terrorists' genocide

would stop, and assurances that those

expelled would be able to go

back to their destroyed homes, but the

Lords of NATO reacted, accusing him of

changing the ``rules of the game,'' and

even of endangering the NATO ``peace''

operation.

          Suddenly, the KLA ``commanders''

began to release statements to their

numerous fans in the foreign media that

they had in fact kept their weapons, and

were ready to attack again if they

``felt threatened'' by the government.

In parallel, well-known Anglo-American

agencies such as the discredited

(though lavishly financed and

media-supported) Human Rights Watch,

launched a campaign on the ``Macedonian

crimes.''

Constitution Changed at Gunpoint

          The media machine was no less

prompt in its offensive. Andov--and any

other defender of the country's

national sovereignty, no matter how

mild--was labeled an ``extremist''

``super-nationalist hawk'' or

``hardliner.'' At the same time, those

Macedonian Members of Parliament who

declared their opposition were

targeted one by one, according to

sources. The same sources revealed with

disgust that huge amounts of money were

being used in the economically

devastated Macedonia to ``smooth'' the

resistance.

          Furthermore, threats were

circulated of a possible countdown to a

Serbia-like NATO air bombing, and the

unchaining of the infamous Hague War

Crimes Tribunal. The ferocious

determination of the coordinated

blitzkrieg left the impression in

several observers that what was being

implemented--or experimented on--in

Macedonia was a gaming scenario of the

type developed by the RAND Corporation.

          Underscoring both the Macedonian

understanding of the ``game'' and, at

the same time, the country's extreme

vulnerability in the face of NATO

threats, Prime Minister Ljubco

Georgievski stated in Parliament: ``So,

now we are forced to change the

Constitution under the pressure of a

military aggression.'' The Prime

Minister invited the Parliament to vote

for the Constitutional changes not

because it was right, but because

``antagonizing NATO'' was too dangerous

for the country. He said that Macedonia

had been threatened with a military

and economic embargo, as all its

arrangements with the financial

institutions, as well as the bilateral

programs, are being halted. He warned

that in a matter of a few months, the

situation could become dramatic.

          [OP CUT]``You have witnessed the

NATO credibility when it entered

Macedonia,'' he stressed pointing on

the absurdity of NATO spending one

billion German Marks ``for an operation

that will collect weaponry, worth two

million German Marks, and whether it

requires 5,000 soldiers to collect

3,300 pieces of weaponry.'' But ``it

is obvious that we should not

``gamble'' with the NATO authority and

if the Alliance takes part in this

game, we should accept it and express

out trust '' He added: ``Those who

will refuse to vote will be declared

guilty for a possible future war. What

if all amendments are adopted and

terrorism does not stop in Macedonia,

as well as violence acts on our

civilians? What if the displaced

persons will not return to their homes

even after a year? Unfortunately,

voting for this initiative we have to

be aware that Macedonia is a collateral

damage of the NATO bombing of

Yugoslavia and we cannot expect those

who made that mistake in 1999, to admit

it today. Unfortunately, these are the

conditions under which we are to

commence with this initiative.'' [OP

CUT END]

Macedonia at Schiller Conference

          The alternative to the

remote-control destruction of Macedonia

came from Northern Virginia, where the

Schiller Institute was holding its

annual international Labor Day

conference. A powerful Macedonian

delegation participated in the event,

including the leader of the North

American Diaspora, Prof. Nestor Oginar;

the adviser to the Macedonian

government on Strategic Affairs,

Emilija Geleva; and the leader of the

Macedonian community in Michigan, Dr.

Stojadin Naumoski; as well as Dr.

Ljudmil Kljusev, Ms. Mirjana Kolevski,

Ms. Milica Oginar, Mr. Alexander

Jovanov, and Miss Pena Oginar.

          A lengthy standing ovation

welcomed the passionate historic

intervention by Prof. Oginar, which was

followed by the remarks of Emilija

Geleva (quotes from the two speeches

will appear in upcoming issues of New

Federalist). Professor Oginar launched

an appeal to all Macedonians for moral

resistance. ``Ladies and gentlemen,

there is no reason, no room for

pessimism,'' he said, outlining a

strategy for victory. ``We can win! As

indeed we must! The real war, the

factor that determines the final

outcome, is not a military war; it is a

battle of ideas. It is a war of

principles to be fought and played out,

ultimately, in the theater of civilized

humanity. The historical situation we

encounter today requires from all of

us, in the paraphrase of the great

German poet and humanist Friederich

Schiller, that we become bigger than

ourselves, so that a great historical

moment does not find us again--small

people.''

          On the last day of the conference,

Lyndon LaRouche, answering a question

from Dr. Naumoski, explained the secret

to beating the assault: ``You have to

be able to tell the truth! What you

have [in Macedonia] is an imperial

Anglo-American force, which Lord

Robertson represents, which is

determined to use what remaining

military capability exists, to destroy

Macedonia, and to continue the

bloodshed which has been conducted

since 1992 in the Balkans. That's the

point. The purpose is to destroy the

entire region! So, therefore, we have

to have a policy in which we trap them.

How? By catching them and exposing them

for what they are. The game is to bring

down some governments. By exposing them

in such a way, as to bring {them}

down.''